Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

About Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

Keishi Otomo's Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins is a 2012 fantasy history film. At 134 minutes long, it arrived in August 2012.

Takeru Satoh appears as Kenshin Himura, Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya, Koji Kikkawa as Udo Jine, and Yu Aoi as Megumi Takani. Written by Keishi Otomo and Kiyomi Fujii. It comes from GAGA Corporation and Warner Bros. Japan. The story is adapted from a manga.

Shelv files it under samurai, jidaigeki, bakumatsu, and meiji period. It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, and 13 Assassins make useful companions to Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins, all filed under ishin shishi and based on manga. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 961 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.